Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
MottoSeek and you shall find
TypePublic
Established1956
AffiliationsUGC
ChancellorDr. T. S. K. Meenakshisundaram
Vice-ChancellorV. Bharathi Harishankar
Location
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
India

11°01′11″N 76°56′58″E / 11.019837°N 76.9494119°E / 11.019837; 76.9494119
Campus
Websitewww.avinuty.ac.in

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was started in 1957 by the Avinashilingam Education Trust founded by T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar as Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women which later grow into a university.

History

Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987.[citation needed] It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.

Academics

Since 1989 the university has offered two majors and two ancillaries for the undergraduate degree courses. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each semester having a minimum of 100 working days.

Rankings

The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 98th among universities in India and 151-200 overall in 2024.

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024)151-200
NIRF (Universities) (2024)98

Faculties

The institute has seven schools which comprise the respective domain departments. Each School is functioning under a Dean who is a senior professor. The various schools are:

References

  1. ↑ "Deemed University Tamil Nadu". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tender Notice: Avinashilingam University for Women Seeks Powder X-Ray Fiffractometer (India)". US Fed News Service, Including US State News. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  3. ↑ "Avinashilingam University installs solar power grid". The Hindu. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Adarsh Jain (11 October 2014). "Avinashilingam University celebrates Kalai Vizha". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Avinashilingam University". unirank.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Disabled get tech help at Avinashilingam". The Times of India. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Indian conference scheduled for July". Nonwovens Industry. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  8. ↑ Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar (2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9.
  9. ↑ "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "NIRF 2024 Overall rank".
  11. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.